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Every Man for Himself and God against All

A Memoir
by Werner Herzog
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Narrator Werner Herzog

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Translator Michael Hofmann
Length 13 hours 41 minutes
Language English
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“Werner Herzog's new memoir which I've almost finished Every Many for Himself and God Against All is a goddamn masterpiece of a memoir. Hell, it's easily one of the best three audiobooks I've ever heard (for the record the other two are On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous and Lincoln in the Bardo). Highly recommended to any readers in film or artist/writer type memoirs or even adventure lit. Stupid good. Any customer who so much as picks it up and gives it a look should be strongly encouraged to purchase.”

— Dafydd • Northshire Bookstore

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Werner Herzog is the undisputed master of extreme cinema: building an opera house in the middle of the jungle; walking from Munich to Paris in the dead of winter; descending into an active volcano; living in the wilderness among grizzly bears - he has always been intrigued by the extremes of human experience.

From his early movies to his later documentaries, he has made a career out of exploring the boundaries of human endurance: what we are capable of in exceptional circumstances and what these situations reveal about who we really are. But these are not just great cinematic themes. During the making of his films, Herzog pushed himself and others to the limits, often putting himself in life-threatening situations.

As a child in rural Bavaria, a single loaf of bread had to last his family all week. The hunger and deprivation he experienced during his early years perhaps explain his fascination with the limits of physical endurance.All his life, Herzog would embrace risk and danger, constantly looking for challenges and adventures.

Filled to the brim with memorable stories and poignant observations, Every Man for Himself and God against All unveils the influences and ideas that drive his creativity and have shaped his unique view of the world. This book tells, for the first time, the story of his extraordinary and fascinating life.

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Werner Herzog has produced, written and directed more than fifty feature and documentary films, including the multi-award-winning Grizzly Man, Aguirre, The Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, My Best Fiend, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Nosferatu, Lessons of Darkness, Littler Dieter Needs To Fly, Into the Inferno, Meeting Gorbachev and Encounters At The End of the World. He has also directed many operas and published more than a dozen books of prose including Conquest of the Useless and Of Walking In Ice. The Twilight World is his first book in decades.

Werner Herzog has produced, written and directed more than fifty feature and documentary films, including the multi-award-winning Grizzly Man, Aguirre, The Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, My Best Fiend, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Nosferatu, Lessons of Darkness, Littler Dieter Needs To Fly, Into the Inferno, Meeting Gorbachev and Encounters At The End of the World. He has also directed many operas and published more than a dozen books of prose including Conquest of the Useless and Of Walking In Ice. The Twilight World is his first book in decades.

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Audiobook details

Author:

Narrator:
Werner Herzog

ISBN:
9781529900392

Length:
13 hours 41 minutes

Language:
English

Publisher:
Random House

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Edition:
Unabridged

Libro.fm rank:
#22,443 Overall

Genre rank:
#324 in Art

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Reviews

A visionary masterpiece Herzog’s memoir… is as intense, surprising and wacky as his films, with a real sense of reason underlying all the madness and eccentricity

PRAISE FOR EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF AND GOD AGAINST ALL

Werner Herzog's life story reads like a Hollywood film

Most film memoirs are boring because film-makers don't have a life outside film. But Herzog has lived the nine lives of a cat ... and his book actually gets more interesting the further it gets from the big films A joyous, fulfilling read … there are some terrific, wild stories … [Herzog] has lived an extreme and extraordinary life A fascinating glimpse into the mind of an original, anarchic filmmaker. His family tales are weird and funny ... and he gives revealing accounts of his professional career and acting roles on hit shows such as The Simpsons and The Mandalorian A bracing dive into the film-maker's darkly beguiling mind ... The glory of this book is that Herzog lets us see him making the world up. He writes throughout with enviable attention to the world around him [and] demands that we wonder at the tangible world, in all its mystery. [Every Man for Himself and God Against All is] an evocative, shocking encounter with a man who has experienced life at its most extreme [Herzog's] new book is a hypnotic series of recollections and visions that you cannot help but read in that iconic voice ... It's a journey through the heart of Herzog, with Herzog at the wheel [Herzog] really is a kind of genius Expand reviews
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